Table 2. Observed and standardised quality indicator (QI) scores per country.
| BELGIUM (N = 1036) | THE NETHERLANDS (N = 512) | ITALY (N = 1639) | SPAIN (N = 565) | |
| % of patients dying at home | 34.7% | 52.5% | 50.9% | 51.3% |
| Standardised % of patients dying at home * | 35.3% | 50.6% | 49.1% | 50.5% |
| N unanswered questions† | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| % of patients who died in the location of their preference ‡ | 72.3% | 83.2% | 69.7% | 87.9% |
| Standardised % of patients who died in the location of their preference * | 72.6% | 75.4% | 67.8% | 86.0% |
| N unanswered or inconsistently answered questions | 7 | 10 | 7 | 66 |
| N (%) preference unknown by GP | 592 (57.5%) | 199 (39.6%) | 1147 (70.3%) | 334 (66.9%) |
*These percentages have been standardised for gender, age, cause of death and diagnosis of dementia.
†
These patients were excluded from our study (see Figure 1).
‡
This quality indicator was only calculated when preference was known: Belgium (n = 437), the Netherlands (n = 303), Italy (n = 485) and Spain (n = 165).